פֵּאָה

n.f. corner, side (part cut off, ‘Abschnitt,’ according to Schröter in MeArchiv. i. 461 BaZMG xii (1887), 615 BuhlLex, but perhaps bilit., NöM. 485 Sta§ 185, and not from √ פאה; cf. Arabic فِىَٔةٌ company, etc. (Nöl.c.); Assyrian pâtu, side, edge, border, v. especially MeissnSuppl. 74; NH = BH, Aramaic פָּאתָא, ܦܰܐܬܳܐ );—abs. פ׳ Je 9:25 + 4 times; cstr. פְּאַת Am 3:12 + 77 times; pl. abs. פֵּאֹת Ex 25:26; 37:23; du. cstr. פַּאֲתֵי Nu 24:17 (but read prob. פְּאַת as ‖ Je 48:45);— corner of divan Am 3:12; table Ex 25:26, 37:13; field Lv 19:9; 23:22 (H); land (prob.) וַתַּ לְקֵם לְפֵאָה Ne 9:22, i.e. into every corner; פ׳ רֹאשְׁכֶם Lv 19:27 (i.e. your temples), פ׳ זְקָנֶ֑ךָ v 27 cf. 21:5 (all H); קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה those clipped on the temples Je 9:25; 25:23; 49:32 (epith. of Arabic tribes, Herod. iii, 8 WMMAs. u. Eur. 140 f. WeSkizzen iii. 119; Heid. 2, 198); temples of Moab (under fig. of man) Nu 24:17 (JE) Je 48:45. side: usually of Ezekiel’s temple, the tabern., the holy city and the land, or its subdivisions (only Ez 41–48 [47 times] and P [26 times]): in plur. פְּאַת קָדִ֫ים(ה) East side Ez 47:18 + 17 times Ez, = פ׳ קֵדְמָה Ex 27:13 + 3 times P and Ez 45:7 (v. Co Toy); פ׳ צָפ֫וֹן(ה) North side Ez 47:15 Ex 26:20 + 9 times; פ׳ נֶגֶב (נֶ֫גְבָּה) South side Ez 47:19(×2) Ex 27:9 + 8 times; פ׳ יָם (יָ֫מָּה) West side Ez 45:7 Ex 27:12 + 21 times + פ׳ דֶּרֶךְ־הַיָּם Ez 41:12 (also פ׳ קָדִים הַיָּם 48:1); abs. only לַפֵּאָה הָאֶחָת Ex 27:9. פְּאַת פָּנָיו Lv 13:41 side (border) of his face (forehead and temples; P).